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Activities of Kapila
1433
TRANSLATION
As instructed by her son, Devahūti also began to practice bhakti-yoga in that very āśrama. She practiced samādhi in the house of Kardama Muni, which was so beautifully decorated with flowers that it was considered to be the flower crown of the River Sarasvatī.
PURPORT
Devahūti did not leave her house, because it is never recommended for a woman to leave her home. She is dependent. The very example of Devahūti was that when she was not married, she was under the care of her father, Svāyambhuva Manu, and then Svāyambhuva Manu gave her to Kardama Muni in charity. She was under the care of her husband in her youth, and then her son Kapila Muni was born. As soon as her son grew up, her husband left home, and similarly the son, after discharging His duty towards His mother, also left. She could also have left home, but she did not. Rather, she remained at home and began to practice  bhakti-yoga  as it was instructed by her great son, Kapila Muni, and because of her practice of  bhakti-yoga , the entire home became just like a flower crown on the River Sarasvatī.
TEXT 14
अभीक्ष्णावगाहकापिशान् जटिलान् कुटिलालकान् । आत्मानं चोग्रतपसा विभ्रती चीरिणं कृशम् ॥१४॥
abhīkṣṇāvagāha-kapiśān   jaṭilān kuṭilālakān   ātmānam cogra-tapasā   bibhratī cīrīṇam kṛśam
abhīkṣṇa —again and again;  avagāha —by bathing;  kapiśān —gray;  jaṭilān —matted;  kuṭila —curled;  alakān —hair;  ātmānam —her body;  ca —and;  ugra-tapasā —by severe austerities;  bibhratī —became;  cīrīṇam —clothed in rags;  kṛśam —thin.
TRANSLATION
She began to bathe three times daily, and thus her curling black hair gradually became gray. Due to austerity, her body gradually became thin, and she wore old garments.